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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 12, 1943
Page
6
A Ottawa weekly editor notes MPs like Olaf Hansen as working men and reflects on wartime topics. He describes climate of Parliament, a tank sighting, price controls, agricultural and defense spending, and wartime roundups including oilseed production, rationing, and female rural workers' exceptional ration privileges.
A flying squad was set up to investigate complaints of FOA-FL bias and to respond to public demand for action following a plane crash at a school field that injured several boys.
Food specialists in Gambia invent an all-cock cocktail made from groundnut and palm oils in a five to one ratio. The mixture enriches the diet with vitamins A and D.
Ontario faces yearly hay fever from ragweed pollen. Millions exposed as ragweed blooms from spring to freeze, causing sneezing itchy eyes and potential asthma. Municipalities enforce weed laws to control the annual, widespread weed found along curbs fences and buildings.
Blond Beatrice Laird of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and John Alexander Wardle a 21 year old Naval Marine married during a police escorted ceremony after Beatrice fled on French leave. She returned to her unit next day and expressed surprise at the confinement.
Donald Gordon, chair of the Prices Board, warned last week that rising farm prices could spread inflation. He noted Canadian farmers face low prices but see some compensation except for Wheat, and warned that Canada must align prices with higher American levels or face higher costs for all goods.
A dated homemaker guide offers breakfast speed tips and simple meals. It covers quick breakfasts with juices cereals and eggs and provides a beef roast with gravy and beet dishes. The tone reflects wartime or midcentury domestic advice aimed at brides and workers balancing meals.
Florence Herrman, 26, becomes the first woman wrangler at the Tumbing D-W dude ranch near Reno Nevada. She handles horses from dawn to dusk guiding inexperienced riders and ensuring safety in the Sierra scenery before evening bridg e games with guests.
A pellet of 2,000 new box cars is shown at National Mailways Elunitions Limited plant loaded with naval pins made by the Canadian National Railways subsidiary. The car bears the maple leaf design with system insignia. A large crane, handled by Miss Beaudet, places an artillery barrel inside the specially designed box car built at the Montreal wood mill shop.
The article describes workers at the National Munitions Limited uplart operated by Canadian railways, showing skilled hands training for naval gun production. It highlights precision work with vernier gauges, boring and honing barrels, and quality testing by inspectors using microscopes and a diamond indentation method to ensure accuracy for range and arc of naval guns.
A Canada Air Lines crew established a new non stop wartime trans Atlantic service record from Montreal to Britain aboard a large transport plane carrying mail. The elapsed time from take off to landing was 28 minutes faster than the previous best. The flight carried a second C A L crew plus three official passengers and mail, with a ceremony showing the crew and officials involved.
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